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Undernourished and Overlooked: A Global Nutrition Crisis in Adolescent Girls and Women

Photo credit: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images/Images of Empowerment Published: March 2023  Publication: Undernourished and Overlooked: A Global Nutrition Crisis in Adolescent Girls and Women  Authors: United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)  Background:  In the 12 hardest-hit countries, the number of pregnant and breastfeeding women and adolescent girls suffering from acute malnutrition has soared from 5.5 million to …

House FY24 Agriculture Appropriations Bill will Stall Progress, Decrease Access for Families in Need

1,000 Days is dismayed by the House Appropriations Committee’s fiscal year 2024 Agriculture Appropriations bill released today. This bill under delivers in providing nutrition assistance to those in need and rolls back successful program improvements implemented during the pandemic. Of concern, the bill would reduce funding levels for WIC below current levels, with proposed funding …

Building Momentum for Nutrition

Nutrition affects every aspect of human development: from children’s performance in school, to our ability to fight off diseases, to a nation’s health, and economic advancement. The 2021 Lancet Series on Maternal and Child Undernutrition Progress builds on previous research and provides an evidence-based agenda for how the global health and development community can improve …

Advocating for Nutrition, Maternal and Child Health Funding

From left to right: Dorothy Monza (RESULTS), Stephanie Hodges (1,000 Days), Andrew McNamee (Food for the Hungry), John Goetz (Legislative Correspondent for Sen. Tim Scott), Daren Caughron (Bread for the World) Each year, there is an appropriations process that determines the budget for the federal government and the programs that it carries out. The President …